Ryan Stetser had a good spring with Delaware Bay stripers to 44 inches, and we’re sure he’s out there again for the fall/winter run hoping to score again.Jim Dekker and his wife spent a Sunday afternoon successfully trolling SP Minnows and Crystal Minnows along west side of the Barnegat Bay near Oyster Creek and Forked River.Christopher Adones sent us this photo from a July 6th of his wife, Capt. D of the Blue Grotto with a 26.5-inch, 7.3-pound summer flounder caught in Absecon inlet using a Pink Dirty Jerzy Tackle bucktail and pink shine Gulp.Creeping while others were sleeping, Carlos Pantaleon shows off a 3 a.m. slot striper from around Perth Amboy on a chunk of bunker that he picked up at Tackle U.S.Carter Wyatt and Gaven Small of North Philly went out on a No Bones rental boat celebrating Gaven’s birthday in July, catching these keeper fluke in Jarvis Sound in Wildwood.Andrew “Beef” Galia from South Seaville with his personal best 20-inch largemouth.. Photo courtesy of Hands Too Bait and Tackle.Brett Carmen emailed us on July 19 after getting back through Manasquan Inlet following a successful trip with best friend Rob aboard Rob’s Miss Linda, the duo showing off a 31 inch, 10.6-pound doormat fluke.‘Our niece, Janessa Nava came with us on her first ocean flounder trip and had a blast,” said Kim Robison following a July trip aboard Capt. Mike Smith’s Nev R Enuf out of Avalon. Janessa’s new personal best taped out at 23 inches.Joseph Gramata and his father Paul Gramata caught and released this bull shark along an Ocean County beach in July that they estimated at 8 feet in length and weighing in at somewhere between 300 and 400 pounds.Sarah Robertson with her first ever tuna (bonito) caught while trolling just outside LEI. “It was also the last fish ever caught on the VARIAG out of Great Bay Marina,” said Capt. Dimitry Kosty.Seven-year-old Corson Burns (named in honor of his family’s favorite local inlet) visited grandparents Greg and Joanne for a few days of fishing, crabbing, and adventure in northern Barnegat Bay; using Uncle Gregg’s local knowledge Corson scored this 18.5-inch fluke on a Gulp-killie combo.“With tons of peanut bunker around in the Raritan Bay, the 4-inch swimming mullet by Gulp has been helping Chloe and I get on some good fish from land geared up from the Tackle Box,” said Peter Geruntho on July 26, with Chloe Davidovich showing off a good fish and her new pink Dark Matter rod!Sara Grothi snapped this photo on July 24th in Selby Bay in Edgewater, MD as Cole (age 8) and CJ (age 5) were casting towards the shore of the South River Farm Park and caught this croaker. “You can see how excited they are,” Sara said.On a late July trip aboard the Super Chic with Capt. Ted White, Brook McAteer from Marlboro found non-stop action out of Barnegat Light with fluke and sea bass.James Bowen (age 10), Rich Bowen, Sr. and Finn Bowen (age 8), boxed up 20 mahi at the Glory Hole in mid-August using live spot and peanut bunker. Photo courtesy of Rich, yet another member of the “Bowen Boys” onboard for this 37-incher.Nine-year-old Katie Barker from Skippack, PA had the fluke a flying in August with Capt. Alex on the Fishmonger III. “Katie reports hot colors pink shine and her special secret gummy worm baits,” said Chris Barker.Miguel Gaimari from Northfield told us he found the 20-inch fluke chewing at Longport in late August.Big bluefish were in the Manasquan River in early September, with Nick Greiss scoring eight choppers from 28 to 32 inches on A17 jigs with green tails during the incoming tide.In our August 9th reports at TheFisherman.com, Capt. Bob Henn of Ebbtide Too said they found improved action on the fluke grounds with Sal Carchiola leading the week’s overall catches with this 7.3-pounder.Longtime subscriber Joe Buonanno caught this 26-inch, 9.66-pound sheepshead at the Longport Bridge back on September 3, 2026.Laurie Smock of Wall Township with a late season fluke of 5 pounds caught aboard the Skylarker out of Belmar.Young Fisherman subscriber Miles Barranger stopped by Grumpys to upgrade his fishing hat while loading up fresh mullet before scoring this Island Beach bluefish. “Turns out, good bait and a fresh hat are a pretty solid fishing strategy,” said proud dad Bobby.
